Bus companies plying Garissa-Mandera routes are set to resume their business on Wednesday after a protest that lasted for seventeen days against insecurity.
Announcing the suspension of the boycott, Mandera Bus Association chair Mohamed Bardad, said the government has assured them of their security on the risky routes.
“We have addressed the contentious issues we had raised regarding security teams along our Garissa-Mandera and we shall be going back to business starting Wednesday this week,” Bardad said.
He said his association had appealed to the county security teams not to bar non-locals from travelling to the region.
“We are all Kenyan citizens and the government has a constitutional mandate to offer security to everyone without discrimination,” he said.
Bardad said the association has been informed of enhanced security within the terror hot spots in Garissa town and El-Wak, where over 11 people were killed by Al-Shabaab attackers within a month.
“We have been briefed of improved security services and the installation of a General Service Unit (GSU) camp at Borehole 11 to secure the unsafe Kotulo zone,” he said.